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Olay Duun 
with its thin silvery note. Behind him rode Eirik the priest. As he passed the 
kneeling man ; he did not look to the side, but rode on quietly ^ while Lavrans bowed 
and lifted up his hands to do homage to his Saviour.—It was Einar Hufa’s son who 
conducted the priest. Alq no doubt the old man was not long for this world. Lavrans 
read the prayer for the dying before he rose and walked homeward. This meeting 
with God in the wilderness had strengthened and consoled him.” 
The second part of Kristin Lavransdatter more than fulfills the 
rich promise of the first. Fortunately there is reason to hope that the 
author will continue the line of historical fiction which seems to offer 
the broadest scope for her genius. 
Olav Duun adds another volume to the Chronicle of the “Juvik- 
